West Side Community Garden is hosting a weekend arts festival that includes poetry readings, a performance by the New York String Orchestra, and artwork and crafts for sale by local westside artists. DATES: September 13th and 14th . TIMES: 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. LOCATION: West 89th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Paintings,…

You know summer has come to NYC when you can head to Riverside Park and start kayaking again. Join the Downtown Boathouse for 20-minute instructional paddles. Please wear a bathing suit or shorts and a t-shirt, and know how to swim. Weather permitting, no registration required. Kayaks and life vests provided. All ages. Sundays, June 8…

On Sunday, March 2nd, 14 dogs and their human families came together to celebrate the dogs’ adoption from Puerto Rico and to reunite the dogs with their canine friends and families. Wearing sparkly party hats and festive leis, the pups played, wrestled, jumped, slid on a yellow doggie-size slide, and posed for pictures while their human families met…

The Upper West Side is home to quite a few celebrities – authors, artists and actors. In some cases, our buildings are the celebrities. The Ansonia held a major starring role in Single White Female and the Apthorp, Dakota and San Remo buildings are grand dames of architecture. Thanks to the television series Seinfeld, Tom’s…